In the Sea Domain of Mount All Gods in the New World, the once fragmented floating mountain of Mount All Gods had now been completely restored through the joint efforts of many Great True Gods from the Old World.
Upon arriving at Mount All Gods, Rosen immediately recognized its function as a lighthouse.
It seemed that many Great True Gods had not given up on searching for the Ark of Doom, still hoping to find it and then set sail once again from Mount All Gods. Otherwise, they wouldn't have put so much effort into repairing the mountain.
For Rosen to establish the fifth major faction in the New World, he first needed to acquire enough territory.
He had considered seizing territory from one of the factions.
But then, he thought about the risks. What if he became the target, attacked by other factions?
Becoming an Immortal Emperor would certainly grant him the power to rival Immortal Godfiends, but in the New World, he was still far from invincible.
Thus, the best option was to find an ally to share the pressure.
As for the territory issue, it was easy to solve. He didn't need to occupy continents or oceans. Fixed territory wasn't beneficial for him; it would instead become a weakness. Therefore, he planned to place his faction's territory in a virtual world.
Using the main god network and the virtual world technique from the Void Realm Eye, he intended to create a virtual world covering the entire New World.
Then, he would materialize part of it to house the core members of his faction.
For the outer members, they would scatter across the territories of the four major factions, growing in those territories while gathering in the virtual network to form a unified front. This would be a surface faction, but he also planned to create an underground faction.
In any faction, where there are people in power, there will always be those who are frustrated and unfulfilled.
Rosen was very willing to give these people an opportunity. In fact, if he used the Ark of Doom's ticket as bait, even a Great True God would not be difficult for him to buy off. Of course, he had to be cautious and not pick the wrong person, or else letting others know that he held the Ark of Doom would cause trouble.
To build a virtual network that would cover the New World, he would need an infinite signal tower for assistance.
So, Rosen planned to move the infinite signal tower to Mount All Gods, using this miraculous treasure to strengthen the main god network.
However, simply placing it at Mount All Gods would not work. It could easily be discovered and destroyed.
Rosen took out some Eternal Origin-compatible materials, unfolded the Creator's Sketchbook, picked up the Creator's Divine Brush, and used the Creator's Palette to mix paints. Soon, he had drawn Mount All Gods onto the sketch, then through the partially expanded Creator's Domain, he fused this painting into Mount All Gods.
Thanks to the Eternal Origin compatibility, the painted Mount All Gods and the real one perfectly merged.
Rosen then integrated the infinite signal tower into the painted Mount All Gods and sent the enhanced main god network through the real Mount All Gods. Almost the moment he did this, it alerted many Great True Gods, but no matter how they searched, they couldn't find anything unusual.
In the end, they had no choice but to try to seal off the main god network. They could not allow their stronghold to be covered by the main god network.
However, no matter how they tried to seal it, it didn't work because the signal source came from Mount All Gods.
Although Mount All Gods had been repaired, it was still only partially restored and was far from being as powerful as it was in the peak period of the mountain's glory.
Attempting to seal it now meant that all the repair work on Mount All Gods would be in vain.
But if they didn't seal it, wouldn't the entire Sea Domain of Mount All Gods be completely exposed by the main god network?
In the end, the many Holy Emperors of the Sea Domain of Mount All Gods could only isolate their own royal city's main god network. As for the other places, they allowed the main god network to spread unchecked, letting the main god network originating from Mount All Gods expand throughout the entire New World.
The main god network had already spread quite extensively across the surface, and this time, its main target was the Star Realm and the Spirit Realm.
The expansion of the main god network was going smoothly, but the construction of the virtual world wasn't as easy.
The virtual world within the Void Realm Eye inherited the legacy of the Cube Civilization. While this virtual world was already vast, it wasn't yet large enough to meet Rosen's needs. Therefore, he needed to use the main god computer as the server to build an even larger virtual world.
This wasn't possible with the Sequence 0 main god computer, and to repair the main god computer, he would need the dark matter intelligent chip.
But the problem was that Rosen hadn't fully understood the dark matter intelligent chip, and the main god computer was too important for him to afford any mistakes. So, the best approach was to study the dark matter intelligent chip and understand its true nature.
Rosen summoned a piece of Eternal All-Knowing Origin and then used Eternal Origin to trace back to the source.
By following the path, he soon sensed the fragments of the Eternal All-Knowing Source Seeds.
If he could collect all these fragments, not only would the power of the All-Knowing Eye increase dramatically, but his ability to analyze and identify everything through Eternal All-Knowing would also increase substantially. At that point, it would be easy to figure out the dark matter intelligent chip.
Rosen had discovered that seven fragments of the All-Knowing Source Seed were currently controlled by seven Great True Gods.
As for whether Immortal Godfiends controlled any of them, or whether there was a way to separate the source seed fragments from his perception of the Eternal Origin, it was still uncertain.
It is known that among these seven fragments, four are held by the World Government, while the remaining three are in the hands of the gods of the Star Realm.
In contrast, neither the Spirit Realm nor the Sea of Ten Thousand Gods has been found to have any fragments.
After considering it, Rosen decided to first seize the All-Knowing Source Fragment from the Star Realm.
The Arcane Kingdom, the divine kingdom of the Arcane Emperor.
As a veteran Great True God, the Arcane Emperor is not the kind of character who is easy to deal with.
However, there can only be one Emperor in the world. The Arcane Emperor, who controls the Royal Law and established the Arcane Empire, insists on calling himself the Arcane Emperor. This indicates that the Arcane Emperor is still coveting the power of the Royal Law. Coupled with past grievances, this provides the perfect opportunity to resolve everything in one go.
After Rosen appeared near the Arcane Kingdom, he expanded the Creator's Domain to cover the Arcane Kingdom.
Simultaneously, the terrifying Horror Paradise, which was in the process of upgrading, descended and immediately enveloped the entire Arcane Kingdom.
Although Horror Paradise had not yet fully integrated the Eternal Fallen Source, it did not stop Rosen from using the power of the Creator Scholar to manipulate the Eternal Fallen to turn knowledge into forbidden knowledge. This time, the forbidden knowledge he was transforming was Arcane Knowledge.
Finally, he also used the Creator's Domain to limit the corrupting and forgetting effect of the forbidden knowledge within the domain.
The Arcane Emperor, sitting in the Arcane Kingdom, immediately noticed that his divine kingdom had been sealed.
Countless Arcane Towers inside the Arcane Kingdom resonated simultaneously, and all the Arcane Mage followers gathered their Arcane powers through these towers to the Arcane Emperor, allowing the Emperor to meet the conditions for casting super-tier Arcane magic.
Countless divine powers were transformed into Arcane tides through the Transcendent source material.
Storms, lightning, fire, frost, and countless Arcane elements gathered to form super-tier Arcane magic.
Time froze, space was sealed, everything was bound by the gusts of wind, and the Divine Fire of Truth burned everything.
Even the Horror Paradise struggled to suppress the Arcane Kingdom at this moment. The counterattack from the Arcane Emperor was incredibly fierce, revealing just how terrifying the preparedness of the Arcane Mages was, compared to those who were unprepared.
Just look at the Goddess of Magic, and you would know: even a mere True God can unleash super-tier magic within their divine kingdom that rivals the power of a Great True God.
Although the difference between a Great True God and an Immortal Godfiend is vast and difficult to overcome in battle, the Arcane Emperor, within his kingdom, could easily rival a half-step Immortal Godfiend, which explains how the Arcane Emperor, despite countless enemies, managed to survive up until now.
Faced with the Arcane Emperor's tenacious resistance, Rosen took out the Sky King's Celestial Feather Bow.
While the Star Piercer Crossbow still had not fully taken root, the Celestial Feather Bow had already grown, blossomed, and bore fruit.
Its original attributes had even been strengthened due to the Eternal Source.
[Celestial Feather Bow: Extraordinary Artifact]
[Level: Half-step Immortal Godfiend]
[Attributes: Greatly enhances the effects of the Sky Law and Bow Law on skill amplifications]
[Extraordinary Features: Feather Arrow Transformation, Feather Arrow Recovery, Sky Arrow Feathers, Root Arrow Feathers]
Normally, the amplification effect of laws on skills is tenfold.
However, the Celestial Feather Bow can strengthen this effect, and the enhancement depends on the combined essence of divinity and life.
Rosen's dual essence combination was 330, and with the enhancement from the Ancient God Ritual artifacts, it increased to 358.
Therefore, the Celestial Feather Bow provided him an additional amplification of 358%, and with the original tenfold amplification, the final boost was 45.8 times. Any skill related to the Sky and Bow Laws would receive a 45.8-fold increase.
Although many factors influence combat strength, and it's not simply a matter of amplifying a skill's effect by 35 times to increase battle power threefold, the bow's amplification would still result in at least double the enhancement, and this is just the Celestial Feather Bow itself.
The extraordinary feature Feather Arrow Transformation allows any object to be converted into an arrow, and Feather Arrow Recovery makes arrows reusable indefinitely as long as they are not damaged. Sky Arrow Feathers enable a rapid barrage of arrows, while Root Arrow Feathers give arrows the ability to take root and sprout.
At this moment, Rosen took out countless arrows that had already been transformed. These arrows had all been converted from Solar Divine Fire.
The attributes of these arrows could be adjusted during the Feather Arrow Transformation process.
Rosen focused all of his attributes on enhancing speed and armor-piercing power.
At this moment, thousands of Solar Arrows were fused into a single arrow by the power of Sky Arrow Feathers.
The instant he drew his bow, dozens of passive skills from the Hunter Sequence he had mastered were amplified 45.8 times, with Sky Arrow Feathers at the core. The golden Solar Arrow pierced through the weakest points in all the Arcane defenses at superluminal speed.
Then, the Solar Arrow immediately underwent fission, splitting into thousands of arrows from a single one.
Using his Hunter Skills: Divine Arrow Unity, Rosen, with the immortal will formed from his divine consciousness, precisely controlled each Solar Arrow, striking thousands of the most threatening super-tier Arcane magic. The arrows, like light, scattered and immediately began to take root, sprout, and bear fruit once they merged with the super-tier Arcane magic.
Thousands of super-tier Arcane spells vanished, transforming into root fruits. These fruits then cracked open and turned into individual arrows.
Rosen merged the Eternal Source with Feather Arrow Transformation, causing everything hit by his arrows to be forcibly converted into arrows—arrows with even stronger attributes. Each of these thousands of Arcane arrows now contained a super-tier Arcane spell within them.
Feather Arrow Recovery allowed all the Arcane arrows to return to him, and they were once again fired out by the Sky Arrow Feathers.
The moment the arrows hit their targets, thousands of super-tier Arcane spells erupted simultaneously.
Moreover, their power was stronger than the combined attack of the Arcane Emperor and countless Arcane Mages because Rosen possessed many active and passive Hunter Skills that enhanced the arrows. These skills were further boosted by the Celestial Feather Bow's amplification of the Bow Law.
Therefore, after converting super-tier Arcane magic into arrows, the additional enhancement was amplified by dozens of times.
An amplification of dozens of times was already several times stronger than the super-tier Arcane magic cast by the Arcane Emperor.
While "dozens of times" and "several times" may seem inconsistent, it was actually perfectly normal.
This was because when the super-tier Arcane magic was converted into arrows by the Eternal Source, all the previously layered Arcane enhancements from the Arcane Emperor were nullified. The arrows did not receive the tenfold amplification from the Arcane Law, meaning the super-tier Arcane magic lost the tenfold amplification from the Law itself.
Although this resulted in only a few times of enhancement instead of the exaggerated dozens of times, any several-times difference was enough to crush the opponent.
The Arcane Emperor, witnessing the disappearance of thousands of super-tier Arcane spells, was already shocked. Seeing thousands of super-tier Arcane spells amplified by dozens of times, bouncing back like a reflection, his heart sank. He could not even cast such powerful super-tier Arcane magic himself.
Helpless, the Arcane Emperor had no choice but to unleash even more super-tier Arcane magic to intercept these spells now under the enemy's control.
At the beginning, with his profound understanding of Arcane magic, he targeted the weaknesses of different spells for countermeasures. Even though the power disparity was several times, the Arcane Emperor could hold his ground and prevent a stalemate. However, as the stalemate continued, the Arcane Emperor's defenses began to develop more and more holes.
Because, at one point, the Arcane Emperor suddenly forgot certain Arcane knowledge he had mastered.
When facing an enemy counterattack, the Arcane Emperor originally knew the weaknesses and how to neutralize them, but suddenly, he forgot those weaknesses and couldn't effectively counter them. The difference in power immediately became overwhelming.
As a result, more and more super-tier Arcane spells directly broke through the defense and struck the Arcane Kingdom.
The Arcane Emperor realized that something was wrong with his memory, but no matter what methods he used, he couldn't detect any harmful forces affecting his memory.
This was the most terrifying aspect of Eternal Fallen—the corruption was perceived as a positive boost from the very beginning.
Therefore, theoretically, to counter Eternal Fallen, one would need to inflict various negative effects on themselves.
However, with the increase in negative damage endured, one's overall strength would inevitably be weakened.
Sensing the fatal crisis, the Arcane Emperor did not hesitate to lower his proud head and prepared to ask for help from other Great True Gods.
However, all calls for help were blocked, as the Arcane Kingdom was sealed by both the Horror Paradise and the Creator's Domain. The Creator's Domain even used its Mind Canvas to project a disguised image, making everything around seem as calm as before.
Had a Great True God accidentally entered the Creator's Domain, they would have discovered the extermination battle taking place here.
Several hours later, the Arcane Kingdom's countless Arcane Towers had their Arcane energy reserves completely drained.
Since the Arcane Emperor had been forced to stop using super-tier Arcane magic for counterattacks, Rosen lost the support of the Arcane arrows. However, dozens of arrows created from Eternal Plundered Source combined with Eternal Source had already rooted themselves from different directions on the surface of the Arcane Kingdom.
Countless roots wriggled across the surface of the Arcane Kingdom, burrowing in and out like insects.
The Arcane Kingdom was continuously deprived of nutrients by these roots, and no matter how the Arcane Emperor tried to stop it, it was futile.
The Arcane Emperor, already aware of being forced into a corner, stopped engaging in a direct battle using super-tier Arcane magic. Not only was the Arcane energy within the kingdom depleting, but he was also preparing for a last-ditch counterattack and to send off part of his immortal will.
As long as a part of his immortal will escaped, it could be used as a backup to resurrect him as a true god.
Only by staying alive could there be everything. With this thought, even in his final counterattack, the Arcane Emperor couldn't fully commit his power.
Rosen also realized that the moment of life or death had arrived, so he took out his treasured Apocalypse Bone Arrow.
[Apocalypse Bone Arrow: Extraordinary Artifact]
[Level: Immortal Godfiend]
[Attributes: After locking onto the target, it almost ignores all defenses, guaranteeing a hit.]
[Extraordinary Traits: Eternal Compatibility, Omniscient Immortality]
The level of the Apocalypse Bone Arrow was even higher than the Celestial Feather Bow. Below the level of eternal life, few defensive methods could withstand the Apocalypse Bone Arrow. At least, his Radiant Throne and Mysterious Study Room couldn't stop the Apocalypse Bone Arrow's armor-piercing power.
The body of the Apocalypse Bone Arrow was formed from the Apocalypse Spine, with the arrowhead being remnants of the World Tree's reincarnated bones.
Therefore, the Apocalypse Bone Arrow possessed an eternal level of compatibility. Any skill could be perfectly integrated into the Apocalypse Bone Arrow.
While the Apocalypse Bone Arrow was powerful, firing one arrow consumed an enormous amount of energy.
Rosen drew the bow and shot the arrow, piercing through the Arcane Kingdom, the Wisdom Arcane Tower, the Arcane Throne, and numerous actively and passively generated defensive Arcane spells. Even the Arcane Holy Armor used for defense was torn apart by the arrow.
The final arrow pierced the Arcane Emperor's head, shattering his consciousness sea and destroying his Arcane Divinity.
The moment the Arcane Emperor suffered this fatal blow, his final counterattack was simultaneously launched.
He cast a Curse Arcane, using his own life to curse the enemy's divine essence source, ensuring that it could only retreat and never advance.
Anyone who tried to cultivate and enhance their divine essence would not only fail to progress but would instead weaken by the same amount they should have advanced.
However, when the Curse Arcane landed on Rosen, it was blocked by the Mysterious Study Room, which had already fused with his consciousness sea.
Rosen didn't use the Apocalypse Bone Arrow from the beginning because he didn't want to force the enemy into a desperate counterattack.
Had he used the Apocalypse Bone Arrow from the start to instantly kill the Arcane Emperor, it was uncertain whether the fully-powered Arcane Emperor could truly be defeated in one shot. Even if the Arcane Emperor had died in his final counterattack, the Mysterious Study Room might not have been able to block it.
Because, during the King's Game, the collision between the Apocalypse Bone Arrow and the Mysterious Study Room saw the former triumph.
It was at that time that Rosen realized, while the Mysterious Study Room had compressed an entire immortal world, its true strength wasn't defense, but rather its ability to slip into the void, cross the void, and avoid causality. From the start, the Mysterious Study Room was designed for self-preservation.
With the fall of the Arcane Emperor, all remaining resistance was unable to withstand the seal of Horror Paradise.
Rosen retracted the Creator's Domain, and the Arcane Kingdom vanished along with it.
The astral void still held the projection of the Creator's Domain in a three-dimensional image. Thus, unless a Great True God arrived, no one would know that the Arcane Emperor had died by his hand. In the short term, the Arcane Emperor's external avatars would not appear either.
Everyone knew that killing the main body wasn't the end; only when the avatars were wiped out would the true end come.
So, the Arcane Emperor's avatars, which appeared in plain sight, couldn't escape the pursuit. Only those avatars heavily sealed and protected might escape the hunt, hiding and awaiting the right moment to transform back into the main body for resurrection.
Using the Creator's Eye to pinpoint their location, Rosen swiftly killed three of the Arcane Emperor's avatars before focusing on his next target.
(End of chapter)